The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... side are barns , stables , sheds , and yards for cattle . There are huge stacks of corn and hay , and had affairs been well managed , no doubt the farm at Moorfields would have made a profitable return . Behind the house there is a wide ...
... side are barns , stables , sheds , and yards for cattle . There are huge stacks of corn and hay , and had affairs been well managed , no doubt the farm at Moorfields would have made a profitable return . Behind the house there is a wide ...
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... last . Her room was large , and situated at the top of the house . It had a sloped , garret - like ceiling , very low on one side and quite high on the other . There was no carpet , and the chairs and tables 18 ALICE MORTON'S HOME .
... last . Her room was large , and situated at the top of the house . It had a sloped , garret - like ceiling , very low on one side and quite high on the other . There was no carpet , and the chairs and tables 18 ALICE MORTON'S HOME .
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... side of her little bed she prayed to God most earnestly for the safe return of her truant brother . Though she was weary , and almost worn out with the work of the day and the long watching , she could not sleep , and every now and then ...
... side of her little bed she prayed to God most earnestly for the safe return of her truant brother . Though she was weary , and almost worn out with the work of the day and the long watching , she could not sleep , and every now and then ...
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... hens and guinea - fowls , who all come round her , flapping their wings and ruffling their feathers , as they scramble to pick up the golden grains of corn . There is peace and plenty on every side . The. 52 MOORFIELDS IN SUNSHINE, ·
... hens and guinea - fowls , who all come round her , flapping their wings and ruffling their feathers , as they scramble to pick up the golden grains of corn . There is peace and plenty on every side . The. 52 MOORFIELDS IN SUNSHINE, ·
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Matilda Mary Pollard. There is peace and plenty on every side . The trees in the orchard are bending with the crop of ripe juicy fruit . There are rows of beehives round the sunny side of the house , and multitudes of rainbow - coloured ...
Matilda Mary Pollard. There is peace and plenty on every side . The trees in the orchard are bending with the crop of ripe juicy fruit . There are rows of beehives round the sunny side of the house , and multitudes of rainbow - coloured ...
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ADELAIDE AUSTEN aërial train Alice atmosphere Aunt Betsy beautiful Bolides Books published bound in cloth boys Bridda bright brother called CHARLES BRUCE cloth extra clouds cold colour comet coming crown 8vo dark earth eight moons eyes Farmer Morton father and Harry feyther fire flowers girl glimpse gold golden golden palace gone to bed Harry Morton Harry's horse heard heart heat heavens Illustrations Ivon IVON'S QUESTION Jesus Jupiter king's palace light looked Lutine Mars moon Moorfields mother never night NIMMO'S Ninette numbers orbs paint passed PETER GRANT planet Pleiades published by William rays red planet Mars RICHARD NEWTON round Saturn screen seemed Sidelle solar system stars Stories sun's surface Swan and Eagle tell things thought Thoughtland thousand Tiny and Bobby trade winds traveller Uranus visible voice watch weary wonderful wood words Young
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Page 127 - Tales of Old English Life ; or, Pictures of the Periods. By WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D., Author of ' History of English Literature,
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Page 76 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies, The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light, But the cold light of stars ; I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 74 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 84 - That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows.